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General Manager I

HMSHost at Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

Boulevard Roméo Vachon Nord
Dorval, QC H4Y 1H1
Canada

Regional Office
Managed By HMSHost
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Compensation: $60,625 to $75,782 per year, Full-Time

With a career at HMSHost, you really benefit! We Offer

  • Health, dental and vision insurance
  • Generous paid time off (vacation, flex or sick)
  • Holiday pay
  • Meal and Transportation Benefits
  • *401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • *Company paid life insurance
  • *Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee assistance program
  • Training and exciting career growth opportunities
  • Referral program – refer a friend and earn a bonus

*Benefits may vary by position so ask your recruiter for details.

Purpose:

The purpose of the General Manager I (GM) position is to manage a QSR restaurant or small cluster of restaurants or points-of-sale in close proximity to each other with Sales of generally up to $5M. The GM ensures the restaurant is clean, staffed, open for business, and operates to high operational and financial standards. The GM uses broad discretion and judgement to make great leadership decisions and is responsible for the overall success of the restaurant.

Essential Functions:

Open and Close

Ensures all assistant managers and staff recognize the importance of closing the restaurant to prepare the restaurant for opening, holding Shift Managers accountable for executing all closing and opening checklist/requirements

Staffing/Deployment

  • Understands, adopts, and consistently demonstrates defined manager behaviors designed to create an environment where employee engagement thrives
  • Deploys staff and resources to maximize profitability within the restaurant and accepts P&L responsibility.
  • Assigns work tasks and activities, prepares schedules, and ensures that all shifts are covered
  • Provides restaurant staff(s) with consistent support, coaching and encouragement necessary to achieve business goals
  • Interviews job candidates, makes hiring, termination, advancement, promotion, or any other status change decisions for associates within the unit. Promotes HMSHost as an employer of choice within the local community
  • Ensures company and branch diversity and inclusion philosophy is understood and actively executed within the restaurant
  • Ensures on-boarding and off-boarding of all restaurant associates, to include all activities related to compliance with proper badging requirements, orientation, OJT, and other company training/processes
  • Reads and understands financial and operational data and reports to monitor progress towards unit goals and assigns associates to meet those objectives.
  • Recognizes restaurant staff for their contributions and performance, including using Shout-Out tools and materials; supports company recognition initiatives and develops and implements plans that will motivate team.
  • Accepts, understands, adopts, trains and champions all Employee Engagement behaviors
  • Ensures that the company has most current contact information for all associates working in the restaurant.

    Product Availability/Working Equipment

  • Ensures daily orders are prepared and units are stocked with appropriate levels of product and teaches associates these order procedures
  • Oversees receiving goods, processing invoices, and contacting vendors for supply chain issues/product availability.
  • Maintains proficiency in management information systems and tools like MIV, Crunch Time, Kronos and other programs as utilized by the company.
  • Monitors and maintains restaurant equipment, schedules routine

    Avolta, including Dufry, HMSHost Corporation, Hudson, and affiliates (“the Company”), is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment and to comply with anti-discrimination laws and regulations. The Company prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal opportunities to applicants and team members without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, age, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, national origin, disability, military service and veteran status, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances (referred to as “protected characteristics”).

    • Posted February 4, 2026

    About HMSHost at Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

    HMSHost operates Food & Beverage outlets at Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

    About HMSHost

    HMSHost Leading the Industry

    HMSHost is recognized by the industry as the leader in travel dining with awards such as Restaurateur with the Highest Regard for Customer Service and Best Brand Restaurateur for Shake Shack by Airport Experience News. USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards gave first place honors to both of HMSHost’s Whisky River locations at Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Raleigh-Durham International Airport. ACI-NA, the trade association representing commercial service airports in the United States and Canada, recognized HMSHost with the 2020 Inclusion Champion Award, for leadership and achievement in the ongoing inclusion of business and workforce diversity, outreach, and advocacy. The company also creates original award-winning events and campaigns including Airport Restaurant Month, Channel Your Inner Chef live culinary contest, 1,000 Acts of Kindness, and Eat Well. Travel Further.

    About HMSHost

    Global restaurateur HMSHost is a world leader in creating dining for travel venues. HMSHost operates locations all over North America, and is part of Autogrill Group, the world’s leading provider of food & beverage services for people on the move. Visit HMSHost.com for more information.

    About Avolta

    Career takeoff.

    Our diverse workforce, representing over 150 nationalities, is the drum beat behind

    our vision to become the most innovative and successful travel experience player. Each

    team member strives to bring Avolta to life every day, turning our collective aspirations into achievements.

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